A thin blue line

An interesting entry on Dodderys Blog that I have a story about. The blue fibre-optic cable in his pic also goes right past my front door. Mouth wateringly close for someone who is still a broadband free zone. Cable laying machines have been running all over the place. Of course when a gang turned up outside my front door, I had to inquire. It seems that the fibreoptic cable is being laid between Hamilton and Dunedin and all points in between. The people who are laying this is a company called FX. (this one I think) Now I don't where the backing is coming from but this is serious money and is in direct competition to telecom. Now considering the significance of this I can't recall hearing anything about it in the news media.

Unfortunately despite some rather undignified begging it sems it will be some months before it's up and running and then, their focus is initially going to be business clients so no cure for TFU's dialup.

Bugger